The Eight Crafts Of Writing The Map Of Storytelling

What you'll learn
The eight writing crafts (storytelling map): Big Idea, Genre, Narrative, Story Outline, Characterization, World Building, Scene & Chapter Structure, and Prose
How to engagers readers with the eight crafts
A fresh definition of story that keeps your writing focused
How to use the psychology of storytelling to write immersive stories
The adversity cycle and how to use it to streamline your story outline
How to author stories before writing them
How to differentiate between protagonistic and antagonistic genres, story outlines, and scenes and why that matters
A new way of dealing with the (shapeshifting) writer's block
Requirements
No writing skills or experiences required
Description
Jane is an aspiring writer, who, like everyone else before her, parachutes straight into the writing jungle. And, like everybody else, she find herself hung up on a tree with her parachute. The tree is the writing skill How to Write in Limited POV. She looks around and notices a hundred more trees from which other aspiring writers are dangling. She cuts the parachute lines, drops to the ground, makes a somersault forward, and jumps to her feet. Around her, writers of all ages are cutting paths through the jungle. Jane can see just ten meters into the thicket. She is desperate for a map and a navigation system."Help," she calls.Well-meant answers arrive from all directions. "Create an interesting character and give her a great goal.""Write what you want to read.""Create a sense of wonder.""The more conflict, the better.""Don't write to get published, grab the reader.""Be captivating. Or memorable.""Keep the reader turning pages.""Be unpredictable and keep the reader curious." Five years later, Jane is still cutting her way through the writing wilderness. She has hugged countless writing skill trees, sun-tanned at the romance beach, ascended the suspense mountain, and hiked the Hero's Journey track. But the storytelling jungle remains unchartered land. What else is out there? She still hopes for a map and navigation system.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction to The Eight Crafts of Writing
Lecture 1 Course Intro
Lecture 2 The Writing Jungle
Lecture 3 A Fresh Definition of Story
Lecture 4 The Difference Between Art and Craft
Lecture 5 The Storytelling Map
Lecture 6 Reader Investment and Engagement
Section 2: The Psychology of Storytelling
Lecture 7 A Comparison of Life and Stories
Lecture 8 Janus, The God With Two Faces
Lecture 9 The Way We Respond to Life and Stories
Lecture 10 The Eight Crafts Story Psychology
Section 3: Big Idea
Lecture 11 Big Idea Basics
Lecture 12 Big Idea Types
Lecture 13 The Story Promise
Section 4: Narrative
Lecture 14 Narrative Basics
Lecture 15 Narrative Styles and Genres
Lecture 16 The Author's Voice
Lecture 17 The Narrative Frame
Lecture 18 The Technicalities of Point of View
Lecture 19 Narrative Information Management
Lecture 20 Narrative Tone and Mood
Lecture 21 The Difference Between Exposition and Backstory
Lecture 22 Non-linear and Parallel Narratives
Section 5: Genre
Lecture 23 Genre Basics
Lecture 24 Genre Proper
Lecture 25 The Emotional Experiences and Stakes of Genres
Lecture 26 External Genres and Their Stakes
Lecture 27 Internal Genres and Their Stakes
Lecture 28 How to Find New Genres
Lecture 29 Genre Conventions
Lecture 30 The Difference Between Genres and Amazon Categories
Section 6: Story Outline
Lecture 31 Story Outline Basics
Lecture 32 Why Stories Can't Have Enough Adversity
Lecture 33 The Adversity Cycle: How we Deal with Adversity in Real Life
Lecture 34 The Story Cycle: The Origin of Story Outline
Lecture 35 The Benefits of the Adversity and Story Cycle
Lecture 36 The Story Engine
Lecture 37 Nanomine - A Story Engine Experiment
Lecture 38 The Four Act Structure
Lecture 39 Stake Thresholds and How to Raise Stakes
Lecture 40 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 1
Lecture 41 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 2
Lecture 42 The Eight Crafts Midpoint Scene Outline
Lecture 43 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 3
Lecture 44 The Eight Crafts Scene Outline of Act 4
Lecture 45 How to Add Genre Conventions to Your Scene Outline
Lecture 46 Scene Types and Nests and How to Use Them
Lecture 47 Motivations, Wants, Goals, Needs, and Objects of Desire
Lecture 48 The Internal Story Engine
Lecture 49 The Psychology of Story Outline
Lecture 50 Story Outline Archetypes
Lecture 51 Plots and How to Use Them
Lecture 52 How to Align Your Internal and External Plots
Lecture 53 Better Story Graphs
Section 7: Characterization
Lecture 54 Characterization Basics
Lecture 55 The Difference Between Sympathy and Empathy
Lecture 56 How to Weave Empathy
Lecture 57 How to Weave Sympathy
Lecture 58 The Protagonist, Sympathy, and Heroism
Lecture 59 The Antagonist, Antipathy, and Villainy
Lecture 60 How to Design Character Arcs
Lecture 61 An Overview of Story Character Types
Lecture 62 How to Use Story Character Templates
Lecture 63 The Big Five Story Character Templates
Lecture 64 The Twenty-Two Story Character Templates
Lecture 65 How to Profile Story Characters
Lecture 66 How to Design Character Conflict
Lecture 67 How to Show, Hint at, And Reveal Character
Lecture 68 How to Manage Backstory
Section 8: World Building
Lecture 69 World Building Basics
Lecture 70 World Context
Lecture 71 The World Power System
Lecture 72 World Setting
Lecture 73 World Context, Story Outline, & Characterization
Lecture 74 World Moods
Lecture 75 How to Manage Exposition
Section 9: Scene & Chapter Structure
Lecture 76 Scene & Chapter Structure Basics
Lecture 77 Scene Elements
Lecture 78 Scene Building Blocks
Lecture 79 The Three Principle Scene Arcs
Lecture 80 Scene Types and Templates
Lecture 81 How to Structure Chapters
Lecture 82 Connecting Scenes: The Scene Train Technique
Section 10: Prose
Lecture 83 Prose Basics
Lecture 84 Vocabulary, Choice of Words, and Diction
Lecture 85 How to Come Up With Fresh Expressions
Lecture 86 How to Manage Pace and Rhythm
Lecture 87 How to Use Poetic Devices in Fiction
Lecture 88 How to Highlight Important Words
Lecture 89 The Narrative Scene Building Block
Lecture 90 The Description Scene Building Block
Lecture 91 The Internalization Scene Building Block
Lecture 92 The Action Beat Scene Building Block
Lecture 93 The Dialogue Scene Building Block
Lecture 94 The Dialogue Tag Scene Building Block
Lecture 95 The Difference Between Subtext and Supratext
Lecture 96 How to Balance & Spotlight Scene Building Blocks
Lecture 97 How to Put Moods on the Page
Section 11: How to Make Further Use of The Eight Crafts of Writing
Lecture 98 How to Use the Eight Crafts of Writing to Design Your Book Exterior
Lecture 99 Your Opening Sells Your Book
Lecture 100 How to Integrate the Eight Writing Crafts
Lecture 101 What Kind of Writer Are You?
Lecture 102 Writers are Hybrids: Artists & Crafts(wo)men
Lecture 103 How to Author a Story First and Then Write It
Lecture 104 The Manuscript Turning Point
Lecture 105 Use the Eight Crafts of Writing to Overcome Your (shapeshifting) Writer's Block
Lecture 106 Closing Words
The Eight Crafts of Writing course is great for aspiring writers and writers who are a few years into their writing journey but got lost in the weeds - as it happened to the author.

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